Did you forget to enter the Blue Cross Broad Street Run lottery? No worries, you can still get a guaranteed bib AND support Philly's parks🌳 at the same time! More details here ⬇️

5 Reasons to Run Broad Street with Us in 2018 - Fairmount Park Conservancy

The Blue Cross Broad Street Run is America's largest 10-mile race and takes place on one single street in Philadelphia; Broad Street. Due in part to its nearly flat-and even slightly downhill route, it has become a favorite race among the running community for beginners and seasoned participants alike.

"For much of the past two centuries, scientists have struggled to explain why, exactly, ice is slippery — and why skates can glide atop it so well." http://bit.ly/2oeUdZN

The surprising science of why ice is so slippery

Winter Olympic ice sports depend on this one fact: Ice is slippery. The low friction of ice is why speedskaters can reach 35 mph, why figure skaters can twirl in dizzying circles, and why a 40-pound curling stone can glide and accomplish whatever the heck the point of curling is.

Spend a lovely evening at The Franklin Institute at our next Science After Hours event on February 27, 2018. http://bit.ly/2GbKRpt
Science After Hours: Love and Lust is part of our series designed specifically for those 21 and up. Learn more: http://bit.ly/2p9hEqW

Playing college sports enhances the collegiate experience. However, the process necessary to prepare for college recruitment can seem confusing and daunting. The process seems complex because there are many steps that prospective student-athletes and their parents must take during their high school years. To better prepare our players and parents for the College Student-athlete experience, we’ll be holding a College Info night on Monday, March 5th. This event is FREE and open to ALL!!!

United Philly Soccer

Playing college sports enhances the collegiate experience. However, the process necessary to prepare for college recruitment can seem confusing and daunting. The process seems complex because there...

Did you miss last week's Spring signup meeting?
Do not fret! The Plot Assignment Committee will mail your renewal voucher, waiver, and instructions to you in the next few days.
***Payment is due on or before March 15th***
Please refer any questions to plotassignment@thespringgardens.org
Didn't get the email about the meeting? It might have been sent to spam (we've been having this problem lately). To ensure that you consistently receive garden emails, please add communications@thespringgardens.org to your contacts.
If your email changes, please contact Communications and Plot Assignment ASAP, as not all information is posted on Facebook, or on the public part of our website!
We are looking forward to seeing you all in the garden!

The Franklin Institute’s Exhibit Project Manager, Donna Claiborne, tells her Science Story: “I know that science doesn't have all the answers but science is only based on the truth and reality. And I think that it's for everybody.” http://bit.ly/2obrzIZ
This video is part of The Franklin Institute’s Science Stories series. Tell us yours: http://bit.ly/tell-science-story #ScienceStories

The Franklin Institute's Exhibit Project Manager, Donna Claiborne, tells her Science Story: "I know that science doesn't have all the answers but science is only based on the truth and reality. And I...

With Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies increasing in popularity, researchers are looking into the impact of maintaining the systems that support them on our climate. http://bit.ly/2oacs2f

Bitcoin: The Surprising New Climate Threat

Combusting coal. Driving cars and trucks. Flying airplanes. Operating industrial parks. The list of top carbon-intense activities may soon be getting a new addition: bitcoin mining. To most folks working outside of tech and economic spheres, it's mind-boggling to conceptualize just what bitcoin is, never mind that it has the potential to have a very real - and very large - impact on our physical world.

In honor of the Chinese New Year, we are giving you a live look into our exhibition of Chinese antiquities, “Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor,” which is open at The Franklin Institute through March 4, 2018. http://bit.ly/fi-tcw

In honor of the Chinese New Year, we are giving you a live look into our exhibition of Chinese antiquities, "Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor," which is open at The Franklin Institute through...

Today Feb. 16 marks Chinese New Year, a holiday traditionally honoring household and heavenly deities as well as ancestors.
In room 19 of our collection gallery hangs a Chinese painting made with black ink and heavily applied pigments on silk. #Lookclosely: A woman in white and pink sits on a porch that overlooks a body of water. Two ducks swim in the water that is covered by blossoming lily pads. A gnarled tree grows at the banks of the water at the left. Most late-nineteenth-century genre paintings made in China, such as this, were probably produced in commercial workshops and intended either for general popular consumption or the international market.
🎨 Copy after Qiu Ying. Seated Girl on Porch, Late 19th century.

The Barnes Foundation

Today Feb. 16 marks Chinese New Year, a holiday traditionally honoring household and heavenly deities as well as ancestors. In room 19 of our collection gallery hangs a Chinese painting made with...

Join us for a Bring Your Own Mat yoga class at the beautiful Fairmount Park Horticulture Center. Classes are free for members of Fairmount Park Conservancy (learn more about membership here: http://bit.ly/1fIhUD0) or $10 for the general public. You must register in advance.
**You must be pre-registered to attend.**
**This class is not appropriate for brand new first time yogis**
Please bring your own yoga mat and water! Please note that the floor of the Horticulture Center is similar to an outdoor surface. You may want to bring something to place under your yoga mat (both for padding and to keep your yoga mat clean) or be prepared to clean your yoga mat after the class because it will get dirty!
Please direct all questions to shirschler@myphillypark.org
About Fairmount Park Conservancy
Fairmount Park Conservancy exists to champion Philadelphia’s parks. Our mission is to work as a collaborative partner to lead and support efforts that preserve and improve the parks and recreation system in order to enhance the quality of life and stimulate economic development of the Greater Philadelphia Region. We fulfill our mission by leading capital projects and historic preservation efforts, fostering neighborhood park stewardship, attracting and leveraging resources for the parks, and developing innovative programs throughout the 10,200 acres that include Fairmount Park and more than 100 neighborhood parks around the city. For more information, please visit myphillypark.org, join us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
Getting to The Horticulture Center in West Fairmount Park:
We encourage participants to walk, bike or take public transit to The Horticulture Center in West Fairmount Park.
The Horticulture Center is a five-minute walk from the Please Touch Museum, in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
Take Septa Bus 38, Septa Bus 40, or the PhillyPhlash to the Please Touch Museum.
Walk through the Please Touch Museum parking lot on the left of the building
Turn left onto Lansdowne Drive
Pass through the black iron gate
The Horticulture Center will be directly ahead.
More info at SEPTA.org
Parking is also available at the Horticulture Center.

Yoga in the greenhouse

Join us for a Bring Your Own Mat yoga class at the beautiful Fairmount Park Horticulture Center. Classes are free for members of Fairmount Park...

We have a few free books left to give away at this Saturday's “As Fast As Words Could Fly” book reading and signing by author Pamela Tuck in celebration of Black History Month. It's all free and includes a house tour. Please RSVP below.

Historic Strawberry Mansion Events

Visit Historic Strawberry Mansion to hear a special reading of "As Fast As Words Could Fly" by author Pamela Tuck in celebration of Black History Month. Guests will receive a copy of the book and can if have it signed by P... read more

Happy birthday to Edith Dimock who was born on this day in 1876. Edith Dimock was an American painter who is most known for her watercolor genre scenes with humorous depictions of characters. Dimock...

Yes! And... CAMP presents Winter Sort of Thing 2018: The Song of Silence | February 22-24 at Venice Island Performing Arts Recreation Center
Humming? Not allowed. Singing? Even worse. Dancing? Absolutely not! - Not in this musical.
A town once set to the tune of adventure and merriment suddenly goes silent, hidden away behind a wall - and for hundreds of years, it stays that way. The thing is, no one really remembers why ... only that it's for their own good. But when a group of kids dares to dream of what lies beyond, they might find that the adults aren't always right!
Details and Tickets: http://www.yesandcamp.org/wsot
#childrenstheater #musicaltheater #theater #kids

Can't visit Bamberg? Bar Hygge and Brewery Techne have the consolation prize: 'Chainsmoker Rauchbier', our homage to the wonderfully dark and smokey lagers from Franconia. Crafted from 93% German beechwood-smoked malts and fermented with an esteemed German lager yeast, it's also great a companion to our house-made food. Come and get it before the fire dies down.

Today marks the start of the Chinese or Lunar New Year. We asked The Franklin Institute’s chief astronomer, Derrick Pitts, to join us and explain what is special about this day that it marks the start of a new year in many calendars. http://bit.ly/fi-tcw

Today marks the #ChineseNewYear! Based on the Chinese calendar, each new year is represented by the characteristics of one of the 12 zodiac animals. Guess what 2018 is? Year of the DOG––or should we say for Philly, year of the UNDERDOG?
🎨 Zhao Ji. Dogs, Late 19th century.

The Barnes Foundation

Today marks the Chinese New Year! Based on the Chinese calendar, each new year is marked by the characteristics of one of the 12 zodiac animals. Guess what 2018 is? Year of the DOG--or should we say...

Today marks the Chinese New Year! Based on the Chinese calendar, each new year is marked by the characteristics of one of the 12 zodiac animals. Guess what 2018 is? Year of the DOG––or should we say for Philly, year of the UNDERDOG?
🎨 Zhao Ji. Dogs, Late 19th century.

The Barnes Foundation

Today marks the Chinese New Year! Based on the Chinese calendar, each new year is marked by the characteristics of one of the 12 zodiac animals. Guess what 2018 is? Year of the DOG--or should we say...

“For a sense of scale, those two electrodes on each side of the tiny dot are only two millimeters apart.” http://bit.ly/2suzEhd

A scientist captured an impossible photo of a single atom

A student at the University of Oxford is being celebrated in the world of science photography for capturing a single, floating atom with an ordinary camera. Using long exposure, PhD candidate David Nadlinger took a photo of a glowing atom in an intricate web of laboratory machinery.

Our Director of Community Programs and Fun, Kate, shared some insight on the therapeutic values of play and Smith's mission to provide opportunities for unstructured free play for children in an NBC10 Philadelphia interview with Rosemary Connors promoting Monday's free Play With Purpose event hosted by Temple University PRSSA and TU With Purpose at Smith! Catch us on #NBC10 this weekend and join us on #PresidentsDay this Monday, February 19th from 11am-3pm! #Smithplays #owlswithpurpose #playmatters

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ will be shown in high-definition on a 40-foot screen, while The Philadelphia Orchestra performs John Williams' score live. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10AM ✨

Orchestra to perform score for 'Prisoner of Azkaban' at movie-concert

The Harry Potter Film Concert Series will return to the Mann Center this summer. This year, the third film, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," will be shown in high-definition on a 40-foot screen, while the Philadelphia Orchestra performs the score live.

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